Image and text provided by Washington State Library; Olympia, WA

If You Have a Kick-Tell it to the Times. The Times N iau<ls for(he people's rights, and isn't afraid to fightfor them.VOL. VIII. NO. 5.CHRISTMAS PRESENTS SOME FOLKS DIDN'T GETTIMES SANTA SERVED 400 CHILDRENSHAKE -UP INCABINET ISEXPECTED(By I rnited Press Leased Wire.)WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. 26.I—Rumors of a coming shake-up inthe cabinet were renewed today. Itwas reported that the changessaid to be contemplated by President Taft involved the resignationsof Secretaries Knox, MacVeagh,Balllnger and possibly Wilson.Knox, U i« known. Is dissatisfiedover Mb loss of .influence in theadministration's policies. Politicans say that the time has arrivedfor President Taft to dismiss Ballinger.A report that CongressmanCharles Scott of Kansas will succeed Secretary Wilson is generallycredited. The president's secretary, Charles Norton, is named bypoliticians to succeed MacVeagh,.who it is expected will retire on account of ill health. Senator Flintand Representative Tawney arementioned as possible successors toBallinger.AVIATOR HOXSEYMAKES DARINGHIGH FLIGHT(By United Presa Leaned Wire.)LOS ANGELES, Deo. 26.—ArchHoxsey Is the hero of the aviationfans today. The intrepid youngster. added to the laurels he already hadwon by ascending yesterday to aheight of 7300 feet la an atmosphere that was fog-saturated and• bltlngly cold, and after shutting ofthis motor, plunged to withlng 500feet of the earth before righting hisplanes. . _ .«.Hoxsey's height record, establish& ed Saturday, will stand at 9,288feet Instead of 6,200 as announced.. The barograph reading as first announced was lncorreot. . '■ WEATHER FORECAST.r MMaa» Rain tonight and! Tuesday.Moderate westerly winds.DIDN'T KILL SELF,WIFE ASKS DIVORCE(Hy United Press Leased Wire.) sSEATTLE, Dec. 26.—Mrs. tMaud Gertrude Black wants to befreed from the bonds of matrt- aniony which tie her to Ferdinand aL. Black because her spouse 1threatens to commit suicide, she 1:alleges. oOn one occasion, says her complaint, her husband went out on cthe railroad track and told her he twould let a train pass over him.At another time, she alleges, he f| A Story of the Town |C. W. Parks, advertising manager of the Float ft Bachrach department store, did not land bis "man," a day or to ago, but ha didwhat a good many of the police are unable to do, recovered the"goods." Two men entered the store and ope engaged * olerk regarding a piece of goods. The other man managed to place a mink fur-worth $135 under his coat and walked out of the store. A bystander notified Parks, and the latter dashod after the thief. The culpritedged along the sidewalk and was rapidly making his getawaywhen Parks grabbed him. "He was able to Identify the man becauseof a bulge under his coat."I want that," said Parks, ripping open the coat and grabbingthe fur. As he did so the man made a awing with bis right hand,but Parks ducked. The fellow sprinted away, and Parks returnedtriumphant with the stolen goods.The Tacoma TimesDRINKS FROM WRONGBOTTLE; DROPS DEADNEW YORK, Dec. 26.—"I'll show you how easy it isto take," said Mrs. JosephBaronne to her daughterSusie, 11 years old, today,and lifted a bottle to her lipsIn proof. Susie had objectedto taking a teaspoonful ofwhat was supposed to. becough medicine, which hermother poured out of one ofa number of bottles.Mrs. Baronne fell to thefloor in convulsions, anddied before an ambulance arrived. She drank from a bottle of acid by mistake.Susie was almost distracted over the thought that her*obstinacy contributed to hermother's death.WINNER N SWIMAT PORTLAND(Ry United-Prow Leased Wire.)PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 26.—The annual Christmas Bwim of theMultnomah A. C. In the Willamette river was won today by LewisThomas of the Multnomah club,who finished but a few feet aheadof Dave Welch, of the same club,in view of thousands who crowdedthe waterfront and the big bridgesspanning the river.P. Warner of Vancouver, B. C,came third, and P. McDonald ofthe Portland Y. M. C. A. finishedfourth.The race was for 100 yards, andThomas finished In one minute,2 8-4 seconds. TWrtyntlhTee menstarted and all but one finished.The temperature was 48 degrees.CLARA MORRIS MAYREGAIN HER SIGHT<n> TTnlted Presa I.enned Wire.)TONKERS, N. T, Dec. 26.—ClaraMorris, the actress, who went blindrecently, is slowly recovering hersight, according to frlonds here today. It Is said that she can nowdistinguish between light and darkness and her friends are confidentthat she will be able Boon to seeagain.laid that he took poison and pre:ended to be in a dying agony.On the 13 th of November he isklleged by his wife to have loadedi revolver and locked himself upn a bedroom, telling his wife thatle was going to blow his brainsnit immediately.Black is still alive and able to>am $126 a month as a booktee per.There are two children in the'amily.NEARLY $160.00 CONTRIBUTEDBY THE PUBLICCHEERLESS HOMES MADE HAPPY AS RESULT OF HEARTYRESPONSE FOLLOWING LETTER OF ALICE, WHO WANTEDA "DOLL WITH BROWN EYES LIKE MY DEAD PAPA.The Times Santa Clauß madefour 'hundred children of Tacomaand vicinity happy. In tills 'he wasassisted by cheerful givers whocontributed $162.19 to the SantaGlaus fund In. addition to' manytoys and articles of clothing;. -Almost all the packages havebeen delivered although there arestill some let*, in the office. Belated letters made it impossiblefor the automobile to reach all thehouses and when the number ofchH'diren aided is taken Into consideration it w-ilil 'be seen winysome ihave ibeen asked to visit theoffice. • _Some calls came from Puyalluip.Children w:ho wrote from Puyalhiipand whose names are on the SantaGlaus list may come to the officeif they choose to get their bundlesand their car fare will be paid.Other children who ;Mved on theSOME LITTLE DIGSAND OTHER THINGSGo It, Carnegie! Go It, Rockefeller!- You may be poor but honest yet!• • •Mrs. Eddy's iheirs now promiseto make a flght against burial inMt. Aulbuffin oemetery, Boston.First thing those (heirs know,tlheyll find themselves to be exceedingly unpopular.• • • .They can't find one single thineto warrant changing that NewYork explosion to organized labor.• • •Having flnleflied his gift of $35,-World NewsSf In Brief JoNASHUA. N. H., Deo. 28.—Thebite of a dog three years ago caused the death today of Charles I.Richards, 48, local agent (or theNew Hampshire Woman's Humane■oolety Richards was taken 111with pneumonia, and yeaterday■ymptoms of hydrophobia developed.GREENFIELD, Mass., Dec. 26.—Tames J. Casey of Waterbury, Conn.,charged with vagrancy, attemptedto {rain his freedom by eating theCommonwealth's evidence.He succeeded in getting one largebite of th« wrlttan avpcal withwhich he had been soliciting alma."Very convlnolng," said the courtis It glanced at the rtmnant ofCasey's lunch. "Six months in Jail,Casey."HANSON, Mass., Dec 28.—WhenChester Truner was ready to arisethis morning he could not move. Hehad dislocated his hip while asleep.ATLANTA, Dec. 24.—Tn responseto the request of Charles W. Morse,made through the warden of the federal prison, members of the "Midnight Sons" company made a tripto the prison and with itong, danceand Jest mode happy two hours for700 men.CAMDEN, N. J., Dec. J?«.—Withtheir arms about each other, Howard Newoomb and Mrs. Nellie N.Hall were found asphyxiated In aroom where they .had 11/ ed a week.A gas jet was found opes In theroom.TACOMA, WASHINGTON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1910.outskirts of town and whom theSanta auto did' not TeacHi will begiven their car fare at the Timesoffice.Last week was perhaps the moststrenuous ever sipent In the Timesoffilce. It is (generally a task itopu'blisih a newspaper with nothingto- interfere. But with countlesschildren coming to the Timesbuilding, with gifts and foir gifts;presents to-be bought and wrapped, the regular diutles would haveseemed light."Since the day two weeks agowhen a little girl named 1 Afllcewrote for a d 0.1,1 with, brown eyesbecause her .dead 'papa had browney«s the public 'has respondedheartily and the Times wae gladto do Its share in making theyoungsters happy.f Gocdibye, says Santa, ■until another year.000,000 to Chicago university,Rockefeller says he'll now quitand let the university do its ownbegigiiig or growing, as it were.Ab a labor of love, EditorSpreckels is now telling Hi-namJohnson how not to kick tine S.P.out.c • •Several Pacific coast elites aTetrying to stoip the speed craze byputting "bump gutters" In thestreets at tlhe crosewiaJl.ks. Oughtto make 'em deep enough for nearvictims to dive Into.•THEN IT HAPPENED^Our Dally Discontinued Story.For an ardent sportsman lignatzHassenipfeffer bad all other Nlmrods lashed to ' the mast. Andwhile they were laahedi to themast Ignatz . took ■ advantage ofthem and hied afield to shoot thesucculent hare and the delectable!Boib White. , ~ ■ - , .;, ;- Ignatz bad one Calling,. bowever, that made 'him a fea/rfjullybad risk for accident insurance.Lgnatz was careless -with firearms.■ - On a .particularly bright | crisp,November day- I&na-tz dragged bisdouble .barreled- shotgun throuigjha fence, end—• •-" - ;■ . . .--i.--:■; : (THE , END.) /WAITER BADLY SCALDED■ Arthur M. Olson, employe ofthe lunch counter in the Board 'ofTrade saloon, was badly scalded today, and 'it - was ' necessary to - remove him to the county hospital.Boiling. water ; was ■•: accidentallyspattered over his face, neck andarm» ; .:m^^SSa^iS^SS.-<■ BULLETINS^\TTTOIJIA, B. r., Dec. 2fl.— Advices Just reaching here fromthe Orient mij that hi rue quantities of arms are lM'iug sliipin <l intoAfghanistan and t.he northern bo iiudarj of Indlu. It Is «aid thearm'- are being shipi>ed Into tlie country noverned by IJrltaln by the««> of tilto H<<l m itf 141 Persian gulf. It is possible that the KngllsJi govcrunieut will iiivestleatc t he reports.WASHINGTON, T). C, Drc. 2<l.— tfmdiklßt Taft jarr<d WhiteHnifc clerks today by uiTivlnK at his olfice at the usual 11 me ri-ndyfor wurk. Secretary of tlu* Navy Meyer was the only cjiller and heconferred with the president for half an hour. Other governmentolli' i - were t'loacd.WKST UNION, 0., Dec. 20.— Adam* county politicians are do.mainline today a grand jury line situation of eight adjoining counties. assorting that Ailimw is no worse than other counties in i Instate in the matter of wholesale vote buying.'WASHINGTON, D. C. Dec. 2«.— ltcports of an uprising laSanto Domingo are substantiated by official vices received heretoday. At the legation of the little republic it wus said that thetrouble was the result of the efforts to capture smugglers transferring good* from llayll.Women Battle for Millions ofLucky Baldwin, Heart BreakerLOS ANGELES, Jan. 26. —Onewoniiin having her reputation torn, to ihredl by $500,000 worth of1 legal talent, a daughter who rer fused to be present to listen to heimother's reputation as a girl being probed Into by the legal lights! has been the spectacle ever beforethe crowd of curious crowding2 the courtroom in the fight tcbrenk the will of the late "Lucky"Baldwin.r The woman is Mrs. Lillian Ash-1 ley Turnbull and she is fightlnp■ for a share of old "Lucky's" estate because she charges that hewas the father of her daughter,5 Beatrice Anita. She furtherf charges -that the old man tricked9 her Into a contract marriage whicit was not a legal marriage and thaif she fled from him when she foundhe had & wife living. She has' sued for two-ninths of the $12,--, 000,000 left by "Lucky."\\ us Heart lircakcr.""it Inn't a nice story; it is filledwith the sordid love affairs of anaccomplished roue; It is the tale ofa man who thought nothing of accomplishing the downfall of a girland then caatihg her agtde for later loves. It is this story and theInsinuations against her mother'scharacter that the alleged daughter of the old profligate "Lucky"refufini to hear when her motherwas questioned, by the lawyers forthe defense.Baldwin was a gambler inhearts as he gambled on racehorses. He played to win always.At lUs bedside when he died wereasembled the crowd of women healways had around him at hisprincely ranch near Los Angeles,for hie death —not because theyreally cared for him, but becausethey wanted his money.There was only- one thing that' really affected Baldwin's flintheart and that was the death ofhis famous race horse, the Emner|or of Norfolk. He had the animalburled on his ranch and becasion-1 ally before his death he would' visit the grace.His Queer Defense.After the beginning of his racing career his domestic troublesstarted. So numerous were the{suite against him that he finally1 qct up this original defense: "The1 woman has no right to say that1 she was deceived, for my recordIs so well known that no decentwoman would have any relationswith me."His wife divorced him in 1876,and for the next two years he was' caught In a startling web of love' affairs, flirtations, scandals and- engagement. The game got too- big for him and he married Mar-Jorle Dexter Just to escape the other band, as he explained at th«--1 time. Marjorie died two yearslater, and Baldwin was again mlx-jBEATRICE ANITA.Ed in all sorts of amorous difficulties. Verona Baldwin, hiscousin, took a shot at him, andfollowing a fow minor escapades,Jennie ePrkins socuerd $75,000 ona breach of promise suit. In INBGhe again married; this time LlllieBennett, his widow.Then-came Lillian Ashley, whois now suing his heirs for part ofBaldwin's estate for her daughter,Beatrice Anita, whose father, shesays, was old "Lucky." At thistime Baldwin's daughter, by hisfirst wife, Anita, eloped with herCausin, Qeo. Baldwin. This nearlydrove the old man to distraction.In lilh loneliness he offered to'make Lillian Ashley his daughterland ended by making her his contract wife. Then she learned hisunsavory story and fled. Herdaughter, Beatrice Anita, wasborn in St. Louis several monthslater.Lillian Ashley sued Baldwin forseduction, and her sister shot athim in the courtroom. This issaid to have lost her the suit.Since Baldwin's death, daughtershave been springing up withstartling regularity, and no one,not even Baldwin himself, were healive, can say whether they haveall been heard from. And therelit stands; a huge estate tied up bythe claims of a lot of women, mostof whom at one time or anothercontributed to the turmoil that'raged about Lucky Baldwin, andnow they are turned loose oneach other with the Baldwin windings a« the bone of contention.Good Carrier ServiceIf Tiim-H la not delivered promptly, kick,and kirk hard, to tin- Times office. Yob areentitled to best service In the city. Demandit of the circulation office.Los Angeles ShockedBy Another Explosion;Iron Works Blown Up(lly Catted Press fir— rd Wire.)I-OSAN'GBIjES, Dec. 20.—Thatthe explosion that partially wrecked the plant of the Llewellyn ironworks at 2 o'clock yesterdaymorning was caiused by dynamite,is the unariiinioiiM belief today ofthe management of tlhe plant, thepolice and the Pin.kerton detectives who have Ixm-ii given clisiri; ■of the investigation tihat alreadyhias begun. According to evidenceoffered In fhe ruins of the section of the il>u tiding wJlure the explosive is bellcvd to ha/ye beenl*laced, a low grade of dynamitevan used and was got off by ■ longfuse. A portion of this f.us«. hasbeen found and is being held bythe police.Estimates of the damage donevary. The more conservative placeIt at from $10,000 to 916,000. Itis possible that 125,000 is nearerthe correct figure. Night Watchmas .1. E. Asbury, a negro, whowas the only person injured. Is unable to g'lve the officers any material assistance. Asbury wasbadly bruised and his right armcut by the explosion.The authorities are searchingfor three men ween running fromBRIDE DESERTED AND LEFTPENNILESS AND IN DEBTDid Otto Ashbaugh, a laundry idriver, deliberately desert hiswife, or has he been unavoidablydetained somewhere?A poor little woman, slight andtearful, Is revolving this questionover and over In her mind today,ml her home, Sl7 Thirteenth;street. She is not sure which Is!the case. She hopes It is the lat-|ter, but fears the former, for sheI begun a careful investigation onSaturday, and the results lead herto the belief that her husband hadeverything carefully planned out."Why, I would have staled my1 life that otto would have returnedSaturday night as he promised!me," the said to The Times thismorning."He was alwaj'R good to me:we never had a word in disagree-DOYOU KNOWThat mimsliimi carrot* nnka nfairly good sui'ostltute for i*k* inpuddlnig« and are a lot oheaiwr?Tlint Rev. T. M. Iriine of theFirst Methodist church uk<hl topreach In tihe largtat Methodistfhurch In OhioTliat Tommy Hums, th<- ]>iiKil-Ist, Is the ;proud father of a little'daughter?That there were Just two drumsleft in Rhodes Brothers' 'fetore athalf poet eigiht o'clock last Saturday nightTlint efforts are being made toprovide for t>be free use of radiumfor medicinal purposes by personsunable to pay for treatment?That, Tacnina Iwid a lienvy snowIn tlhe flrßt week of December ayear ago■ several articles of J«wedTjr thatThat Taeoma handles more cars had been stolen Friday night fromof freight than any other city In the residence of C. J. Oarr. Ryanthe northwest? and SraKt had t.he Jewelry In their———' [poeseeatoin and claim It w«e givenThat Frccmont Campbell was In them by a stranger. The at temptbe grocery business In Tacoma In ed robbery In the galoot* netted1880? - )the two prisoners nothing.Two Children Burnedto Death In SeattleH9ATTUB, Dee. 26—Lying In twin] Fire broke out In t>ie O'Connorcaskets wher« the Chrivlmas true home at S o'clock Sunday morning,was to have been placed, the bodies' Kvery effort wu mad* to reachof Donald O'Connor, Wo years old, I the room where the two little chllnnd his baby slater, Bertha, only alx.dren were aleeplnc but they ware, months old, are laday awaiting the dead when reacnera cam*. Bothdrive to the cemetery. Mr. and Mrs. O'Connor were ter-The babea were burned to death rlbly burned trying to get to thaearly yeaterday In a fire which de- children■troyt-d the horns of their parents. The fire was due to tha exploa-Mr, and Mrs. Daniel O'Connor. ion of an oil lamp.••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••*: .-'. " ' •,-•- -. •• ....... . . ----••:»• JGES DOUBLE BY SERVING IiATTBR'S SENTENCE •• •• - NEW HAVEN, Dec. 26.—There are two John O. Pollack* •• in Waterbury, Conn., both looking exactly alike -and living In •• the same house. They are cousins, but John No 2 Is unm*r- •• 'ried.::-v. ■. ;':^; > -.: .-•-:-. ,-•■-• :'""-V.r^'*i i «• ft ; No. 1 we* arrested for a breach of the peace and penmd- •• ed No. 2 to be th« float. No. 2 took his place In court, plead- •• ed »ullty and served the 20 days' sentence. ■ • .-'.■'■ ■'"■■'■■ ■•':~^ r:^i%• ':' - But there was an old fine against* No. 1, and when No. 2 •• was arraigned to explain why he hadn't raid It be said It was •• the last straw and gave the thing away. ,\ The authorities sow •• say No. 2 will have to serve a 2 ) days' sentence and No. 2 »ay» •• he Is golog to sue for,false Imprisonment,"-stt§| •„- -„ -.- -v -.-. -^^-,^-~»-- s^,^V^'*J- I?*^'^ir I'-P™—e-^-- -r- - ,30 CENTS A MONTH.the building shortly before the ex/jvli»Io« occurred by Wll.lLi.in Yin»,night watchman for Uhe LecayManufacturing company's nearbyplant. Vine declared tJiat one ofthe men shot at him as they ran.The ;;t»";iihl floor officon wex«fr!sinfully wrecked and the teleflhone <xobHiig«, located In an adjoining room, was blown into thastreet. Nigrht Wa-tclinian Asbiiry,who was seated in the cxchunige,was buried beneath a maw ofdebris, from w>hi<*.h he was unaibfleto extricate himself. He w*ub removeil by the police.Mayor Ooorgo Alexander visitedthe damaged plant late last evening. He was taken over t'h-o ruinsby dynamite export*, who explained to him the exact position ofthe dynamite and gave their reasons for lmlie-vliiK this explosivewas Hie cause of the affair."Our plaint has been dynamitedis certain," eald Secretory JohnLlewellyn of the oompany today."This miserable affair is part of al>k>t to "get 1 üb. It was committedby enemies of the company and Iam willing to say they were no:non-union men.. We will spare noexpense to ®et to the bottom ofthe affair."• i ment. It Is like a thunderbolt.If true, that he has left mo delib, erately after only being marriedsince Inst August. I lor* Ottoand I still believe In him, but —"Ever since Wednesday afternoon when Ashbaugh packed his, things and left, presumably forIBelltngbam, where he told Illsi wife he was going, there have■ ; been rumors among the neighborsi that he had gone away with ani other woman. 1-She stated this morning thatAshbaugh had taken her Jewelry,saying he was going to borrowmoney with It to buy Into a business In Bellinghain. Mrs. Ashbaugh is left In debt almost (200,; and lilts only her furniture left.She Intends to take legal stepsIn the matter of her husband's dis■ appearance.Mob ShootsMan DeadHOT SPRINGS, Ark.. Deo. 26.—While deputies were trying totake Oscar Chitwood, a mountaineer, qu,icUy out of town, 30masked men overi>owered the officers today and shot Ohltwood todt'ath. The (prisoner was literallyshot to pieces by bulleta.Ohltwood recently wilb »»iaiitp4;i chiiii'Re of venue to Hunton, Ark.,and wns being taknn t)hor« todayfor trial on a chtiirgo of havingmurdered Sheriff Jacob Houpt lastAugust.LLEGED HOLDUPHAS CARR JEWELSThe Imldju's of Jnmea Ryan andHarry 6mlU In trying to rob alaborer In broad daylight in a Pacific avenue saloon Saturday afternoon not onJy landed them in jaili-iit resulted in the dlaoovery of